My sporting weekend
Bryson DeChambeau comfortably won the Rocket Mortgage US PGA event held in Detroit, seeing off the challenge of 21 year old Matt Wolff.
DeChambeau intrigues and divides the golf community.
On one hand the “mad scientist” – or the “incredible bulk” as he now calls himself – believes golf is more about physics than touch or feel and holds to a collection of unorthodox credos, one of which is all his club are the same length.
On the other hand he makes no apology for his slow play and ‘threw a wobbly’ when a cameraman filmed him messing up a bunker shot.
Having put on 26 pounds in the lockdown he is not your typical top golfer of rippling muscular torso and nil body fat, he has fleshy moobs and his belly overhangs his trousers.
He does bomb the ball 350 yards down the fairway but he still has to chip accurately to green and putt. His putting is reliable but his short game needs further attention.
He is still 26 but watch out for Matt Wolff, just 21, and with one PGA championship already under his belt.
One golfer who does not need to worry about his putting is Tyrell Hatton.
I backed him each way at 14-1 and he finished fourth.
Most betting companies offer each way down to 8th so this retrieved a meagre weekend.
Both in appearance and attitude he reminds me of Brandon Grace the gutsy South African. Hatton has already won one PGA event this year and has made the jump from capable golfer on the European tour to USPGA challenger which will do his bank balance no harm.
His one problem was his explosive temperament but he seemed calmness itself in carding -16 for this tourney.
Another rookie I like and back is Victor Hovlund of Norway who might make the European Ryder Cup team this year.
He finished just outside the top eight.
Following an unpredictable first week after resumption of football form is now emerging.
I thought Brighton might get a draw at Norwich but the Canaries seems to have accepted their relegation fate, losing one nil.
They only spent £750,000 at the start of the season.
Aston Villa spent £132 million and may well be joining them.
